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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (110 Artikel)

Open Access Editorial

Editorial: facts, figures and the future

Kjetil Søreide

Open Access Original research

Functional capacity of reconstituted blood in 1:1:1 versus 3:1:1 ratios: A thrombelastometry study

Arne Driessen, Nadine Schäfer, Ursula Bauerfeind, Sigune Kaske, Carolin Fromm-Dornieden, Ewa K Stuermer, Marc Maegele

Open Access Commentary

Implementing new advanced airway management standards in the Hungarian physician staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Service

Akos Soti, Peter Temesvari, Laszlo Hetzman, Attila Eross, Andras Petroczy

Open Access Original research

Multiple failed intubation attempts are associated with decreased success rates on the first rescue intubation in the emergency department: a retrospective analysis of multicentre observational data

Tadahiro Goto, Koichiro Gibo, Yusuke Hagiwara, Hiroshi Morita, David FM Brown, Calvin A Brown III, Kohei Hasegawa

Open Access Study protocol

Intestinal fatty acid binding protein as a marker for intra-abdominal pressure-related complications in patients admitted to the intensive care unit; study protocol for a prospective cohort study (I-Fabulous study)

Steven G Strang, Oscar J F Van Waes, Ben Van der Hoven, Samir Ali, Michael H J Verhofstad, Peter Pickkers, Esther M M Van Lieshout

Open Access Study protocol

EuReCa ONE – 27 Nations, ONE Europe, ONE Registry: a prospective observational analysis over one month in 27 resuscitation registries in Europe – the EuReCa ONE study protocol

Jan Wnent, Siobhán Masterson, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Bernd W Böttiger, Johan Herlitz, Ruud W Koster, Fernando Rosell Ortiz, Ingvild Tjelmeland, Holger Maurer, Leo Bossaert

Open Access Original research

The salutary effects of diphenyldifluoroketone EF24 in liver of a rat hemorrhagic shock model

Vivek R Yadav, Alamdar Hussain, Jun Xie, Stanley Kosanke, Vibhudutta Awasthi

Open Access Original research

The epidemiology of do-not-resuscitate orders in patients with trauma: a community level one trauma center observational experience

Kristin Salottolo, Patrick J Offner, Alessandro Orlando, Denetta S Slone, Charles W Mains, Matthew Carrick, David Bar-Or

Open Access Original research

Assessment of the breath alcohol concentration in emergency care patients with different level of consciousness

Annika Kaisdotter Andersson, Josefine Kron, Maaret Castren, Asa Muntlin Athlin, Bertil Hok, Lars Wiklund

Open Access Original research

Functional outcome, cognition and quality of life after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and therapeutic hypothermia: data from a randomized controlled trial

Marjaana Tiainen, Erja Poutiainen, Tuomas Oksanen, Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen, Ville Pettilä, Markus Skrifvars, Tero Varpula, Maaret Castrén

Open Access Original research

Accidental hypothermia in Poland – estimation of prevalence, diagnostic methods and treatment

Sylweriusz Kosiński, Tomasz Darocha, Robert Gałązkowski, Rafał Drwiła

Open Access Original research

Cross-sectional survey on self-reported health of ambulance personnel

Emese Pek, Kata Fuge, Jozsef Marton, Balint Banfai, Gabriella Csaszarne Gombos, Jozsef Betlehem

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol of the DENIM study: a Delphi-procedure on the identification of trauma patients in need of care by physician-staffed Mobile Medical Teams in the Netherlands

Annelieke Maria Karien Harmsen, Leo Maria George Geeraedts, Georgios Fredericus Giannakopoulos, Maartje Terra, Herman Martinus Timotheus Christiaans, Lidwine Brigitta Mokkink, Frank Willem Bloemers

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Airplane transport isolators may loose leak tightness after rapid cabin decompression

Roland Albrecht, Andres Kunz, Wolfgang G Voelckel

Open Access Review

Treatments for blunt chest trauma and their impact on patient outcomes and health service delivery

Annalise Unsworth, Kate Curtis, Stephen Edward Asha

Open Access Original research

Risk factors for wound complications of closed calcaneal fractures after surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wei Zhang, Erman Chen, Deting Xue, Houfa Yin, Zhijun Pan

Open Access Original research

Incidence of abdominal pain due to the anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome in an emergency department

Tijmen van Assen, Jill A G M Brouns, Marc R Scheltinga, Rudi M Roumen

Open Access Original research

The off-hour effect on trauma patients requiring subspecialty intervention at a community hospital in Japan: a retrospective cohort study

Yuko Ono, Tokiya Ishida, Yudai Iwasaki, Yutaka Kawakami, Ryota Inokuchi, Choichiro Tase, Kazuaki Shinohara

Open Access Review

Transfusion therapy in paediatric trauma patients: a review of the literature

Kristin Brønnum Nystrup, Jakob Stensballe, Morten Bøttger, Pär I Johansson, Sisse R Ostrowski

Open Access Original research

Are the current MRI criteria using the DWI-FLAIR mismatch concept for selection of patients with wake-up stroke to thrombolysis excluding too many patients?

Audun Odland, Pål Særvoll, Rajiv Advani, Martin W Kurz, Kathinka D Kurz

Open Access Original research

Feasibility of LMA Supreme for airway management in unconscious patients by ALS paramedics

Sami Länkimäki, Seppo Alahuhta, Tom Silfvast, Jouni Kurola

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Reviewer acknowledgement

Hans Morten Lossius, Kjetil Søreide, Kristi G Bache

Open Access Study protocol

Therapeutic hypothermia after nonshockable cardiac arrest: the HYPERION multicenter, randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded, superiority trial

Jean Baptiste Lascarrou, Ferhat Meziani, Amélie Le Gouge, Thierry Boulain, Jérôme Bousser, Guillaume Belliard, Pierre Asfar, Jean Pierre Frat, Pierre François Dequin, Jean Paul Gouello, Arnaud Delahaye, Ali Ait Hssain, Jean Charles Chakarian, Nicolas Pichon, Arnaud Desachy, Fréderic Bellec, Didier Thevenin, Jean Pierre Quenot, Michel Sirodot, François Labadie, Gaétan Plantefeve, Dominique Vivier, Patrick Girardie, Bruno Giraudeau, Jean Reignier

Open Access Review

Meta-analysis of plate fixation versus intramedullary fixation for the treatment of mid-shaft clavicle fractures

Bing Zhang, Yanbin Zhu, Fei Zhang, Wei Chen, Ye Tian, Yingze Zhang

Open Access Original research

Prehospital response model and time to CT scan in blunt trauma patients; an exploratory analysis of data from the head injury retrieval trial

Alan A Garner, Kristy P Mann, Elwyn Poynter, Andrew Weatherall, Susan Dashey, Michael Puntis, Val Gebski

Open Access Original research

Incidence of depression, anxiety and stress following traumatic injury: a longitudinal study

Taneal A Wiseman, Kate Curtis, Mary Lam, Kim Foster

Open Access Original research

The use of double lumen cannula for veno-venous ECMO in trauma patients with ARDS

Martin Gothner, Dirk Buchwald, Justus T Strauch, Thomas A Schildhauer, Justyna Swol

Open Access Review

Cortisol and alpha-amylase as stress response indicators during pre-hospital emergency medicine training with repetitive high-fidelity simulation and scenarios with standardized patients

Bernd Valentin, Oliver Grottke, Max Skorning, Sebastian Bergrath, Harold Fischermann, Daniel Rörtgen, Marie-Therese Mennig, Christina Fitzner, Michael P Müller, Clemens Kirschbaum, Rolf Rossaint, Stefan K Beckers

Open Access Commentary

Dispatch centres: what is the right population catchment size?

Fabrice Dami, Vincent Fuchs, Olivier Hugli

Open Access Original research

A tailored e-learning program to improve handover in the chain of emergency care: a pre-test post-test study

Remco HA Ebben, Pierre M van Grunsven, Marie Louise Moors, Peter Aldenhoven, Jordan de Vaan, Roger van Hout, Theo van Achterberg, Lilian CM Vloet

Open Access Original research

The number of prehospital defibrillation shocks and 1-month survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Manabu Hasegawa, Takeru Abe, Takashi Nagata, Daisuke Onozuka, Akihito Hagihara

Open Access Original research

Maxillofacial fractures and craniocerebral injuries – stress propagation from face to neurocranium in a finite element analysis

Heike Huempfner-Hierl, Andreas Schaller, Thomas Hierl

Open Access Original research

Optimal chest compression technique for paediatric cardiac arrest victims

Min Joung Kim, Hye Sun Lee, Seunghwan Kim, Yoo Seok Park

Open Access Original research

Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest before and after introduction of a mechanical chest compression device, LUCAS-2; a prospective, observational study

Tinne Tranberg, Jens F Lassen, Anne K Kaltoft, Troels M Hansen, Carsten Stengaard, Lars Knudsen, Sven Trautner, Christian J Terkelsen

Open Access Study protocol

The C-MAC videolaryngoscope compared with conventional laryngoscopy for rapid sequence intubation at the emergency department: study protocol

Simon Sulser, Dirk Ubmann, Martin Brueesch, Georg Goliasch, Burkhardt Seifert, Donat R Spahn, Kurt Ruetzler

Open Access Original research

Increasing bystander CPR: potential of a one question telecommunicator identification algorithm

Ross Orpet, Randi Riesenberg, Jenny Shin, Cleo Subido, Eddie Markul, Thomas Rea

Open Access Original Research

Concordance and limits between transcutaneous and arterial carbon dioxide pressure in emergency department patients with acute respiratory failure: a single-center prospective observational study

Xavier Bobbia, Pierre-Géraud Claret, Ludovic Palmier, Michaël Robert, Romain Genre Grandpierre, Claire Roger, Patrick Ray, Mustapha Sebbane, Laurent Muller, Jean-Emmanuel de La Coussaye

Open Access Original research

Survival predictor for penetrating cardiac injury; a 10-year consecutive cohort from a scandinavian trauma center

Mari-Liis Kaljusto, Nils Oddvar Skaga, Johan Pillgram-Larsen, Theis Tønnessen

Open Access Review

Therapeutic hypothermia for acute brain injuries

Max Andresen, Jose Tomás Gazmuri, Arnaldo Marín, Tomas Regueira, Maximiliano Rovegno

Open Access Original research

Difficult intubation and outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a registry-based analysis

Jan Wnent, Rüdiger Franz, Stephan Seewald, Rolf Lefering, Matthias Fischer, Andreas Bohn, Jörg W. Walther, Jens Scholz, Roman-Patrik Lukas, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner

Open Access Original research

The novel intubating laryngeal tube (iLTS-D) is comparable to the intubating laryngeal mask (Fastrach) – a prospective randomised manikin study

Thomas Ott, Matthias Fischer, Tobias Limbach, Irene Schmidtmann, Tim Piepho, Ruediger R. Noppens

Open Access Original research

Does point-of-care ultrasonography cause discomfort in patients admitted with respiratory symptoms?

Christian B. Laursen, Erik Sloth, Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Jesper Rømhild Davidsen, Jess Lambrechtsen, Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen, Poul Henning Madsen, Finn Rasmussen

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Developing an emergency ultrasound app – a collaborative project between clinicians from different universities

Kim Thestrup Foss, Yousif Subhi, Rasmus Aagaard, Ebbe Lahn Bessmann, Morten Thingemann Bøtker, Ole Graumann, Christian B. Laursen, Jesper Weile, Tobias Todsen

Open Access Original research

Quality of basic life support when using different commercially available public access defibrillators

Michael P. Müller, Cynthia Poenicke, Maxi Kurth, Torsten Richter, Thea Koch, Carolin Eisold, Adrian Pfältzer, Axel R. Heller

Open Access Case report

Tension gastrothorax: acute life-threatening manifestation of late onset congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in children

Pål Aksel Næss, Joachim Wiborg, Kristin Kjellevold, Christine Gaarder

Open Access Original research

Is the supine position associated with loss of airway patency in unconscious trauma patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Per Kristian Hyldmo, Gunn E Vist, Anders Christian Feyling, Leif Rognås, Vidar Magnusson, Mårten Sandberg, Eldar Søreide

Open Access Original research

Physicians using ultrasound in Danish emergency departments are mostly summoned specialists

Klaus Nielsen, Johnny Rene Meilstrup Lauridsen, Christian Borbjerg Laursen, Mikkel Brabrand

Open Access Original research

Does physician experience influence the interpretability of focused echocardiography images performed by a pocket device?

Xavier Bobbia, Christophe Pradeilles, Pierre Géraud Claret, Camille Soullier, Patricia Wagner, Yann Bodin, Claire Roger, Guillaume Cayla, Laurent Muller, Jean Emmanuel de La Coussaye

Open Access Original research

Factors that may improve outcomes of early traumatic brain injury care: prospective multicenter study in Austria

Alexandra Brazinova, Marek Majdan, Johannes Leitgeb, Helmut Trimmel, Walter Mauritz

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Implementation of the ABL-90 blood gas analyzer in a ground-based mobile emergency care unit

Søren Mikkelsen, Jonathan Wolsing-Hansen, Mads Nybo, Christian Ulrik Maegaard, Søren Jepsen

Open Access Commentary

Implementing a template for major incident reporting: experiences from the first year

Sabina Fattah, Marius Rehn, Torben Wisborg

Open Access Original research

Injury pattern, outcome and characteristics of severely injured pedestrian

Georg Reith, Rolf Lefering, Arasch Wafaisade, Kai O. Hensel, Thomas Paffrath, Bertil Bouillon, Christian Probst

Open Access Original research

Airway management by physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients

Geir Arne Sunde, Jon-Kenneth Heltne, David Lockey, Brian Burns, Mårten Sandberg, Knut Fredriksen, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Akos Soti, Richard Lyon, Helena Jäntti, Antti Kämäräinen, Bjørn Ole Reid, Tom Silfvast, Falko Harm, Stephen J.M. Sollid

Open Access Original research

Point of care coagulometry in prehospital emergency care: an observational study

Christopher Beynon, Angelina G. Erk, Anna Potzy, Stefan Mohr, Erik Popp

Open Access Original research

The pre-ECMO simplified acute physiology score II as a predictor for mortality in patients with initiation ECMO support at the emergency department for acute circulatory and/or respiratory failure: a retrospective study

Kun Il Kim, Hee Sung Lee, Hyoung Soo Kim, Sang Ook Ha, Won Yong Lee, Sang Jun Park, Sun Hee Lee, Tae Hun Lee, Jeong Yeol Seo, Hyun Hee Choi, Kyu Tae Park, Sang Jin Han, Kyung Soon Hong, Sung Mi Hwang, Jae Jun Lee

Open Access Original research

Post resuscitation care of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in the Nordic countries: a questionnaire study

Sini Saarinen, Maaret Castrén, Ilkka Virkkunen, Antti Kämäräinen

Open Access Original research

Anaesthetist-provided pre-hospital advanced airway management in children: a descriptive study

Mona Tarpgaard, Troels Martin Hansen, Leif Rognås

Open Access Original research

Nurses’ accuracy and self-perceived ability using the Emergency Severity Index triage tool: a cross-sectional study in four Swiss hospitals

Karin Jordi, Florian Grossmann, Gary M. Gaddis, Eva Cignacco, Kris Denhaerynck, René Schwendimann, Christian H. Nickel

Open Access Original research

A mobile minimally invasive interventional shelter: a new answer to on-spot emergency treatment of large arterial injuries?

Ming Liang, Jingjing Rong, Jingyang Sun, Tianming Yao, Fengqi Xuan, Lijun Zhao, Fei Li, Xiaozeng Wang, Yaling Han

Open Access Original research

Implementation of a dispatch-instruction protocol for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to various abnormal breathing patterns: a population-based study

Hidetada Fukushima, Masami Imanishi, Taku Iwami, Hironori Kitaoka, Hideki Asai, Tadahiko Seki, Yasuyuki Kawai, Kazunobu Norimoto, Yasuyuki Urisono, Kenji Nishio, Kazuo Okuchi

Open Access Original research

Does turning trauma patients with an unstable spinal injury from the supine to a lateral position increase the risk of neurological deterioration? – A systematic review

Per Kristian Hyldmo, Gunn E. Vist, Anders Christian Feyling, Leif Rognås, Vidar Magnusson, Mårten Sandberg, Eldar Søreide

Open Access Original research

The risk of pediatric bicycle handlebar injury compared with non-handlebar injury: a retrospective multicenter study in Osaka, Japan

Tomoya Hirose, Hiroshi Ogura, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Yasuaki Mizushima, Futoshi Kimbara, Junya Shimazaki, Shigeru Shiono, Hitoshi Yamamura, Akinori Wakai, Ryosuke Takegawa, Hisatake Matsumoto, Mitsuo Ohnishi, Takeshi Shimazu

Open Access Original research

The accuracy and timeliness of a Point Of Care lactate measurement in patients with Sepsis

Fatene Ismail, William G. Mackay, Andrew Kerry, Harry Staines, Kevin D. Rooney

Open Access Original research

Barriers to recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during emergency medical calls: a qualitative inductive thematic analysis

David Alfsen, Thea Palsgaard Møller, Ingrid Egerod, Freddy K. Lippert

Open Access Case report

Major incident in Kent: a case report

Sophie Elizabeth Jap Hardy

Open Access Original research

The impact of environmental factors in pre-hospital thermistor-based tympanic temperature measurement: a pilot field study

Sven Christjar Skaiaa, Guttorm Brattebø, Jörg Aßmus, Øyvind Thomassen

Open Access Case report

Comparison of two pediatric flail chest cases

Ryu Yasuda, Hideshi Okada, Kunihiro Shirai, Shozo Yoshida, Soichiro Nagaya, Haruka Ikeshoji, Kodai Suzuki, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Taku Tanaka, Shiho Nakano, Sho Nachi, Hisaaki Kato, Takahiro Yoshida, Keisuke Kumada, Hiroaki Ushikoshi, Izumi Toyoda, Shinji Ogura

Open Access Original research

Diversity in clinical management and protocols for the treatment of major bleeding trauma patients across European level I Trauma Centres

Nadine Schäfer, Arne Driessen, Matthias Fröhlich, Ewa K. Stürmer, Marc Maegele

Open Access Original research

Cranioplasty complications and risk factors associated with bone flap resorption

Tor Brommeland, Pål Nicolay Rydning, Are Hugo Pripp, Eirik Helseth

Open Access Original research

Emergency team calls for critically ill non-trauma patients in the emergency department: an observational study

Søren Marker Jensen, Hien Quoc Do, Søren W. Rasmussen, Lars S. Rasmussen, Thomas Andersen Schmidt

Open Access Erratum

Erratum: Concordance and limits between transcutaneous and arterial carbon dioxide pressure in emergency department patients with acute respiratory failure: a single-center, prospective, and observational study

Xavier Bobbia, Pierre-Géraud Claret, Ludovic Palmier, Michaël Robert, Romain Genre Granpierre, Claire Roger, Justin Yan, Patrick Ray, Mustapha Sebbane, Laurent Muller, Jean-Emmanuel de La Coussaye

Open Access Original research

Middle latency auditory-evoked potential index monitoring of cerebral function to predict functional outcome after emergency craniotomy in patients with brain damage

Junya Tsurukiri, Katsuhiro Nagata, Akira Hoshiai, Taishi Oomura, Hiroyuki Jimbo, Yukio Ikeda

Open Access Original research

Improved and sustained triage skills in firemen after a short training intervention

Abraham Nilsson, Kristian Åslund, Maria Lampi, Helene Nilsson, Carl-Oscar Jonson

Open Access Original research

Hemodialysis with end-stage renal disease did not raise the risk of intracranial hemorrhage after a head injury

Hsin-Hung Chen, Chien-Chin Hsu, Shih-Feng Weng, Hung-Jung Lin, Jhi-Joung Wang, How-Ran Guo, Shih-Bin Su, Chien-Cheng Huang, Jiann-Hwa Chen

Open Access Original research

Effect of regulating airway pressure on intrathoracic pressure and vital organ perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a non-randomized interventional cross-over study

Younghoon Kwon, Guillaume Debaty, Laura Puertas, Anja Metzger, Jennifer Rees, Scott McKnite, Demetris Yannopoulos, Keith Lurie

Open Access Original research

Effect of coagulation factor concentrate administration on ROTEM® parameters in major trauma

Martin Ponschab, Wolfgang Voelckel, Michaela Pavelka, Christoph J. Schlimp, Herbert Schöchl

Open Access Original research

The treatment of spleen injuries: a retrospective study

Trond Dehli, Anna Bågenholm, Nora Christine Trasti, Svein Arne Monsen, Kristian Bartnes

Open Access Original research

Assessment of pain in a Norwegian Emergency Department

Jostein Dale, Lars Petter Bjørnsen

Open Access Original research

Monitoring of in-hospital cardiac arrest events with the focus on Automated External Defibrillators – a retrospective observational study

Thomas Wurmb, Tina Vollmer, Peter Sefrin, Martin Kraus, Oliver Happel, Christian Wunder, Andreas Steinisch, Norbert Roewer, Sebastian Maier

Open Access Original research

Why and when citizens call for emergency help: an observational study of 211,193 medical emergency calls

Thea Palsgaard Møller, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Doris Østergaard, Søren Viereck, Jerry Overton, Fredrik Folke, Freddy Lippert

Open Access Commentary

Post resuscitation care – some words of caution and a call for action

Eldar Søreide, Alf Inge Larsen

Open Access Original research

Influence of low ambient temperature on epitympanic temperature measurement: a prospective randomized clinical study

Giacomo Strapazzon, Emily Procter, Gabriel Putzer, Giovanni Avancini, Tomas Dal Cappello, Norbert Überbacher, Georg Hofer, Bernhard Rainer, Georg Rammlmair, Hermann Brugger

Open Access Original research

Short-term outcome and differences between rural and urban trauma patients treated by mobile intensive care units in Northern Finland: a retrospective analysis

Lasse Raatiniemi, Janne Liisanantti, Suvi Niemi, Heini Nal, Pasi Ohtonen, Harri Antikainen, Matti Martikainen, Seppo Alahuhta

Open Access Original research

Unpacking the key components of a programme to improve the timeliness of hip-fracture care: a mixed-methods case study

Pamela Mazzocato, Maria Unbeck, Mattias Elg, Olof Gustaf Sköldenberg, Johan Thor

Open Access Commentary

The pitfalls of bedside regional cerebral oxygen saturation in the early stage of post cardiac arrest

Kosaku Kinoshita, Atsushi Sakurai, Shingo Ihara

Open Access Original research

Clinical relevance of single nucleotide polymorphisms within the 13 cytokine genes in North Indian trauma hemorrhagic shock patients

Dablu Lal Gupta, Predeep Kumar Nagar, Vineet Kumar Kamal, Sanjeev Bhoi, D. N. Rao

Open Access Original research

Predictors of the development of post-snakebite compartment syndrome

Chih-Po Hsu, Jung-Fang Chuang, Yu-Pao Hsu, Shang-Yu Wang, Chih-Yuan Fu, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Chih-Hao Chen, Shih-Ching Kang, Chien-Hung Liao

Open Access Review

Cerebral salt wasting after traumatic brain injury: a review of the literature

Jan Leonard, Raymond E. Garrett, Kristin Salottolo, Denetta S. Slone, Charles W. Mains, Matthew M. Carrick, David Bar-Or

Open Access Original research

Load-distributing-band cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases regional cerebral oxygenation: a single-center prospective pilot study

Yoshihito Ogawa, Tadahiko Shiozaki, Tomoya Hirose, Mitsuo Ohnishi, Yasushi Nakamori, Hiroshi Ogura, Takeshi Shimazu

Open Access Original research

Trauma team activation varies across Dutch emergency departments: a national survey

Rolf E. Egberink, Harm-Jan Otten, Maarten J. IJzerman, Arie B. van Vugt, Carine J. M. Doggen

Open Access Original research

Temperature measurements in trauma patients: is the ear the key to the core?

O Uleberg, SC Eidstuen, G Vangberg, E Skogvoll

Open Access Original research

Prehospital intravenous epinephrine may boost survival of patients with traumatic cardiac arrest: a retrospective cohort study

Wen-Chu Chiang, Shi-Yi Chen, Patrick Chow-In Ko, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Hui-Chih Wang, Edward Pei-Chuan Huang, Chih-Wei Yang, Kah-Meng Chong, Wei-Ting Chen, Shey-Ying Chen, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma

Open Access Case report

The Libyan civil conflict: selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014

Colin Ng, Max Mifsud, Joseph N. Borg, Colin Mizzi

Open Access Original research

End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring may be associated with a higher possibility of return of spontaneous circulation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a population-based study

Jiun-Jia Chen, Yi-Kung Lee, Sheng-Wen Hou, Ming-Yuan Huang, Chen-Yang Hsu, Yung-Cheng Su

Open Access Original research

Determinants of pre-hospital pharmacological intervention and its association with outcome in acute myocardial infarction

Rasmus Strandmark, Johan Herlitz, Christer Axelsson, Andreas Claesson, Anders Bremer, Thomas Karlsson, Maria Jimenez-Herrera, Annica Ravn-Fischer

Open Access Study protocol

The formation and design of the TRIAGE study - baseline data on 6005 consecutive patients admitted to hospital from the emergency department

Louis Lind Plesner, Anne Kristine Servais Iversen, Sandra Langkjær, Ture Lange Nielsen, Rebecca Østervig, Peder Emil Warming, Idrees Ahmad Salam, Michael Kristensen, Morten Schou, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Jakob Lundager Forberg, Lars Køber, Lars S. Rasmussen, György Sölétormos, Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Kasper Iversen

Open Access Original research

The influence of gender on ICU admittance

Emma Larsson, Erik Zettersten, Gabriella Jäderling, Anna Ohlsson, Max Bell

Open Access Original research

Validity of modified early warning, Glasgow Blatchford, and pre-endoscopic Rockall scores in predicting prognosis of patients presenting to emergency department with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Seyran Bozkurt, Ataman Köse, Engin Deniz Arslan, Semra Erdoğan, Enver Üçbilek, İbrahim Çevik, Cüneyt Ayrık, Orhan Sezgin